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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter B Jepson, St. Austell, GB;
Howard Goodman, St. Austell, GB;
Assignee:
ECC International Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1063 / ; 524445 ; 524447 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed an organophilic composition which comprises a mixture of a smectite clay and a particulate second inorganic material, the mixture having been treated with a quaternary ammonium compound which is capable of rendering the smectite clay organophilic and the second inorganic material constituting at least 10% by weight of the mixture of smectite clay, second inorganic material and quaternary ammonium compound. The organophilic composition is useful for gelling organic solvents and compositions containing organic solvents.